RT journal article
T1 Objective memory as an indicator of functional impairment in native Spanish-speaking patients with HIV infection
A1 García-Torres, Amalia
A1 González-Andrade, Alejandro
A1 Fernández- Muñoz, Juan José
A1 Pérez-García, Miguel
A1 Vergara Moragues, Esperanza
A2 Psicología
K1 Memory disorders
K1 HIV
K1 mood disorders
K1 biological markers
K1 cognition disorders
AB Objective memory is one of the most affected cognitive areas in patients with HIV and perhaps oneof the best predictors of daily functioning problems. Its relationship with biological markers, moodsymptoms, and cognitive complaint is unclear and has received little attention in native Spanishspeakers.The goal of this study is to explore the relationships between the above-mentionedvariables and their prediction of objective memory performance in native Spanish-speakers. HIVrelatedbiological markers, mood symptoms, cognitive complaint, and objective memory wereassessed in a sample native Spanish-speaking HIV patient with possible cognitive impairment.The results revealed deficit in short- and long-term memory while recognition was retained.Hierarchical regression analysis showed that the combination of independent variablessignificantly predicted performance in recognition, indicating that the pattern of impairment inshort- and long-term memory is related to a difficulty to learn new information discriminately.The non-prediction of short- and long-term memory performance may be related to the inabilityto estimate the deficit in objective memory. These results show the need to perform specificinterventions in mnesic processes, in view of the relation between this cognitive process andpatients’ daily functioning.
SN 0954-0121
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33115
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33115
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-may-2026